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The internet is abuzz today that the post-credits scene of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ doesn’t feature the usual – tease of Andrew Garfield’s future or even the future of Dane DeHaan’s Goblin and his fellow “Sinister Six,” but rather, for unexplained reasons, the mutants of “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” According to various reports of people who have already seen the film in places like the UK, Jennifer Lawrence’s Mystique and Lucas Till’s Havok appear at the very tail end of the newest “Spider-Man,” though apparently without giving away anyRead More

In an interview with W Magazine, actress Rosamund Pike shared her story of how she landed the coveted role of Amy in David Fincher‘s “Gone Girl”, one of our most anticipated films of the year. When she heard about Gone Girl, last summer, she was filming a comedy in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands. Fincher suggested that they get to know each other via Skype, and Pike had to join a gym near Glasgow just to secure an Internet connection. She had not been given the script butRead More

Universal Pictures has announced via Facebook that Paul Walker‘s brothers Caleb and Cody Walker will help to complete scenes with Paul’s Brian O’Conner for James Wan‘s “Fast and Furious 7.” “We had to take time to grieve Paul, the brother we love and lost, and to figure out if we should move on with our film,” said the statement about the late actor who died back in November of a car accident. “We came together and all felt the only choice was to continue. We believe our fans want that,Read More

Gregg Araki‘s coming-of-age indie “White Bird in a Blizzard” starring Shailene Woodley and Eva Green has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures for North American distribution. The ’80s-set “White Bird in a Blizzard” is based on the 1999 novel by Laura Kasischke, which follows a college-bound girl named Kat (Woodley) whose mother, Eve (Green), suddenly abandoned their family when she was 17. Kat is initially unaffected by her mother’s absence and continues her life with her father (Christopher Meloni). But when she starts getting haunted by nightmares about her mother’s criesRead More

At this point it’s not a surprise anymore but today it’s been made official: The final installment of the Shailene Woodley-led “Divergent” franchise, titled “Allegiant,” will be split into two films, following in the footsteps of “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games.” The first film opened on March 24th and promptly broke the YA franchise curse suffered by so many other hopefuls in the past couple of years, taking in $55 million its opening weekend and hitting $100 million less than three weeks in. The first sequel, “Insurgent,” wasRead More

Forget May 14th, it appears JJ Abrams is even sneakier than we originally thought, and “Star Wars: Episode VII” is actually already filming, according to Disney chief Alan Horn. Horn revealed the surprising new info during an interview in front of students at the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television in Los Angeles over the weekend. Additionally, casting on the film – which we still have zero official confirmation on – is just about done too: “We have a lot of them, it’s not completely done yet,” says Horn.Read More

Publicity is kicking up on Josh Boone’s adaptation of John Green’s massively popular YA novel “The Fault in Our Stars,” and they are taking it to – who else? – the fans. The film’s official Tumblr has launched “Demand Our Stars,” which asks fans to vote on where to bring the film’s stars – Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff – and Green himself on their national publicity tour. It’s not exactly a new concept, as “Twilight” kicked off the “mall tour” fad amongst YA adaptations, and every adaptationRead More

I don’t think I’m the only one who fell surprisingly hard for the relationship between Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) presented in “The Avengers,” though it was admittedly a very small part of the film that had much bigger issues to deal with. Now, Marvel boss Kevin Feige is promising that both characters will have larger roles in “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” but does that mean more development in that particular partnership? He doesn’t exactly clarify. Feige tells the LA Times that more of the BlackRead More

We still don’t even have a cast (save for Adam Driver, probably and some other rumors) but according to a new report, we may already be only six weeks away from the official start of filming of “Star Wars: Episode VII.” Come on, Disney, what’s the hold up? Badass Digest reports that the JJ Abrams directed reboot/sequel of the most iconic sci fi film franchise of all time is gearing up to begin shooting on May 14th, in the sandy dunes of Morocco. The blog suggests the location will likelyRead More

Historical romantic drama “Brooklyn” has began filming in Ireland, it was announced today. Saoirse Ronan stars in the adaptation of the Colm Toibin novel, along with Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Sarah Gadon, Emily Bett Rickards, Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters. Ronan will star as Ellis Lacey, a 1950s Irish girl who reluctantly leaves her small village to take a job offer in New York City. There, she begins to adjust and enjoy her new freedom, falling in love with an American boy named Tony (Cohen) along the way. When she’sRead More

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